[Mono-list] Does MONO runs VB.NET compiled application or web application?

A Rafael D Teixeira rafaelteixeirabr@hotmail.com
Sat, 20 Sep 2003 14:50:57 -0300


>From: "Matteo Bagattini" <tekanet@inwind.it>
>
>Hello,
>I'm a VB.NET developer and I'm very interested on your project.
>On the site, I can see that VB compiler is almost incomplete... by the
>way, is there the possibility to develop and compile under Windows/.NET
>Framework and then run the app onto a Linux machine with MONO?

Yes, the assemblies are binary compatible, but our Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll 
implementation does not support all the features yet (if you use Option 
Strict On, it will be easier for your application to wokr).

>My answer
>refer also to ASP.NET applications.. can I compile from my VS.NET IDE
>and then drop files&dlls on a Linux configured and let them run?

As ASP.NET need to dynamically compile pages, it depends on our compilers to 
run on linux, as so currently it works well only for C#.

>If not (and "no, you can't" is what I'm expecting), do you think that VB
>compiler will be ever completed?

I'll be carrying an effort for it to be useable,when Mono 1.0 comes alive 
and kicking next February...

>Just to know, depending on this I'll
>decide to write in C# or continue with VB.

For any project in the near term I recommend to use C#, period.

>
>Thanks in advance, Matteo.
>

You're welcome,


Rafael Teixeira
Brazilian Polymath
Mono Hacker since 16 Jul 2001

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